Study the core scientific principles, theories, and processes that govern living organisms and biological systems. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work to investigate natural phenomena.

Skills You’ll Learn:

• Designing experiments and procedures to test a prediction or theory
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Interpreting data to draw conclusions
• Developing and supporting a scientific claim with evidence

Equivalency and Prerequisites:

Learn about the fundamental concepts of chemistry including structure and states of matter, intermolecular forces, and reactions. You’ll do hands-on lab investigations and use chemical calculations to solve problems.

Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.

Skills You’ll Learn:

• Designing experiments and procedures to test a prediction or theory
• Creating graphs, diagrams, and models that represent chemical phenomena
• Explaining how the microscopic structure of a substance determines its chemical properties
• Balancing a chemical equation
• Making a scientific claim and supporting it with evidence

Equivalency and Prerequisites:

Explore and investigate the interrelationships of the natural world and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human-made. You’ll take part in laboratory investigations and fieldwork. 

Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.

Skills You’ll Learn:

• Explaining environmental concepts and processes
• Analyzing data, visual representations, and writings
• Applying quantitative methods in solving problems
• Proposing a solution for an environmental problem and supporting your idea with evidence
• Analyzing a research study to identify a hypothesis

Equivalency and Prerequisites:

Learn about the foundational principles of physics as you explore Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory, simple circuits. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work to investigate phenomena.

Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.

Skills You’ll Learn:

• Interpreting and describing representations and models
• Using mathematics to solve science problems
• Formulating a scientific question or hypothesis
• Designing an experiment to answer a scientific question or to test a hypothesis
• Analyzing data and evaluating evidence
• Working with scientific explanations and theories
• Making connections

Equivalency and Prerequisites:

Expand your understanding of physics as you explore topics such as fluids; thermodynamics; electric force, field, and potential; electric circuits; magnetism and electromagnetic induction; geometric and physical optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics. You’ll do hands-on and inquiry-based in-class activities and laboratory work to investigate phenomena.

Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.

Skills You’ll Learn:

• Interpreting and describing representations and models
• Using mathematics to solve science problems
• Formulating a scientific question or hypothesis
• Designing an experiment to answer a scientific question or test a hypothesis
• Analyzing data and evaluating evidence
• Working with scientific explanations and theories
• Making connections

Equivalency and Prerequisites: